S.A. Back in the Day: May 1953

May 6, 2013 |Compiled by Merrisa Brown, mySA.com

What was going on in the Alamo City 60 years ago? Click through to find out.

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If you think you have trouble, then have a look at Mrs. J.W. Merritt's plight. Her eight children (from left) — Edna, 11, Robbie, 2, Elaine, 5, Glenda, 10, Sammy, 4, Melba, 6, and Kay, 1 — have or have had the measles over the past three weeks. Melba has failed to come down with the disease, and eldest son Coy, 8 (not pictured), has recuperated and returned to classes at Castle Hills Elementary School. Meanwhile, Mr. Merritt has been out of town during the siege, hauling heavy equipment for the J.E. Ingram Equipment Co. "He doesn't know what he's missing," Mrs. Merritt said. Published in the San Antonio Light May 18, 1953.

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If you think you have trouble, then have a look at Mrs. J.W. Merritt's plight. Her eight children (from left) — Edna, 11, Robbie, 2, Elaine, 5, Glenda, 10, Sammy, 4, Melba, 6, and Kay, 1 — have or have had the measles over the past three weeks. Melba has failed to come down with the disease, and eldest son Coy, 8 (not pictured), has recuperated and returned to classes at Castle Hills Elementary School. Meanwhile, Mr. Merritt has been out of town during the siege, hauling heavy equipment for the J.E. Ingram Equipment Co. "He doesn't know what he's missing," Mrs. Merritt said. Published in the San Antonio Light May 18, 1953.